These are the lead paragraphs from an FT report this morning: The Tories will continue with the Bill nonetheless. That’s why we know they are
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‘Revenue’ means to come back. Tax revenue quite literally recovers money already spent
I noticed part of an old post of mine being cited on Twitter yesterday. It was as follows: This is fascinating. What it shows is the
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When do we admit that we live in a state where the rule of law no longer applies?
As the Guardian reports this morning: Protesters who wear masks could face arrest, up to a month in jail and a £1,000 fine under proposed
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Labour abandons hope
After what appears to have been an eternity of dithering today, Labour is finally announcing that it has abandoned its pledge to spend £28 billion
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Why won’t Wes Streeting talk about the dangers from sugar?
I posted this not long ago on Twitter: Why are Labour refusing to talk about the real cause of the health crisis that we have
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Truss is promoting an agenda that explicitly permits the powerful with a grudge to abuse anyone they wish with impunity
I should be grateful to GB News. They appear to be the only news organisation that was willing to carry verbatim extracts from Liz Truss’s
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The illness of Charles III
Do I need to mention the health of the King this morning when everyone else is? I think I do, because the news media are
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First they came for Just Stop Oil
Occasionally I read something I think worth sharing in full on this blog. I did yesterday. It was on the blog of an old friend,
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Two million people’s fate hangs on the survival of UNRWA. Nothing else exists between them and disaster.
The FT has posted a very level-headed report on the work of UNRWA, the United Nations agency dealing with refugees in Gaza. In that report,
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